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Allen
Pronounced /ˈæ.lən/
Rank in 2024
#574
Born in 2024
497
Peak year
1951 · #72
Origin
Celtic
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 497 boys were named Allen, about 1 in every 3,451.
- It peaked in 1951 with 5,179 babies, ranked #72.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 271,282 boys have been named Allen since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Allen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.8Greatest1901–27
- 2.4Silent1928–45
- 2.3Boomers1946–64
- 1.5Gen X1965–80
- 1.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 29,595 babies, 1.77 per 1,000. Silent: 48,870 babies, 2.37 per 1,000. Boomers: 87,647 babies, 2.33 per 1,000. Gen X: 40,111 babies, 1.47 per 1,000. Millennials: 32,612 babies, 1.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 19,552 babies, 0.62 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,672 babies, 0.40 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- An English and Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Alan.
- A male given name from the Celtic languages, a variant of Alan; in modern use often transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Celtic
- Say it
- /ˈæ.lən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Allen, CC BY-SA 4.0.